Gamer Girl

by Carmen Willow

  BOSS, BOSS FIGHT—a villain or opponent who is very strong and hard to beat. A boss fight or battle is one in which you are matched against a very difficult opponent(s) and is difficult to win.

  CONSOLE—Game console; i.e., Xbox, Playstation, Wii, etc. In the hierarchy of the gaming world, console users are often looked down on by those who play their games on their personal computers.

  DLC (Downloaded Content) – Additional content that a gamer can purchase for a video game that can be as simple as new armor and weapons to as complicated as an entire new quest line the game.

  GAMER GIRL—a girl who likes to play games that guys like to play, particularly video games.

  HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)—Federal law, which among other things creates standards regarding the privacy of health information, to prevent improper use of one's medical information.

  IM (Instant Message) Self-explanatory.

  MMORPG (Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) —Games like World of Warcraft.

  NPC (Non Player Character)—A character in the game that is separate from the player’s character but who may be a companion or villain in the game.

  PC (Personal Computer)

  PC (Player Character)—the character in the game that the player becomes. In some games the PC is defined at the beginning of the game by the game itself. In other games, the player defines his own character.

  RPGs (Role Playing Games)—An outgrowth of Dungeons and Dragons, role playing video games are all about playing the role, becoming the character in the game, acquiring better skills, better weapons, better armor and beating the final boss at the end of the game.

  TITLE VII LAWSUIT—a lawsuit based on the Federal Statutes under Title VII which prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.

  VANILLA GAME—the original bare bones game purchased with no additional content and no additional quests or missions.

  By the way (BTW) – His name is pronounced “A-mon” (European pronunciation: the second vowel does the talking)

  Table of Contents

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Afterword